Bihar CM Nitish Kumar asks officials for door-to-door screening in all districts

Abhay Singh | TNN | Updated: Apr 24, 2020, 07:41 IST

File photo of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday asked the officials concerned to ensure door-to-door screening of people on the pattern of polio eradication campaign in all the districts for ascertaining the possible presence of coronavirus symptoms in them at the initial stage. However, the districts have to be first prioritized for the screening exercise, the CM said at a review meeting.
He also called for identification of full chain of contacts of the Covid-19 infected patients, as it would help in breaking the transmission chain. “The screening of such contacts of the patients and their immediate testing should also be done as a person can infect several others,” the CM added.
The number of districts which have reported corona positive cases has increased. Earlier, only four hotspot districts – Nalanda, Siwan, Begusarai and Nawada – were selected for door-to-door screening exercise.
The CM said the lockdown has led to fall in other diseases.
Meanwhile, the CM on Thursday paid tributes to Veer Kunwar Singh on the occasion of his birth anniversary. Nitish recalled the bravery that Singh had shown in the country’s first war for Independence in 1857.